Garment hanger



L. B. MEYERHOFF v 2,467,142

' April 12, 1949.

GARMENT HANGER Fil'ed May 14, 1946 INVENTOR. Les-fer B. Me

BY 51 e-rlwff ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 12, 1949 GARMENT HANGER I Lester B. Meyerhofi, 'Elkins Park, Pa., assignor of one-half to Natalie It. Meyerhoff, Elkins Park,

Application May 14, 1946, Serial No. 669,639

4 Claims. (Cl. 223-92) This invention relates to an improvement in garment hangers, and more particularly to hangers from which light garments are suspended, such as childrens dresses, ladies dresses,.slips and other articles of apparel which hanger can be flexed to be drawn through the neck opening of the garment supported thereon, as disclosed in my application Serial No. 633,701, filed December 3, 1945.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a hanger having a substantially rigid body portion, from which flexible arms extend in opposite directions therefrom as well as a supporting hook.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a hanger in which the body portion as well as the arms and hook extending therefrom are formed from a single continuous piece of wire having two portions bent in a similar manner to form the hanger.

Another object of my invention is the provision of means whereby the rigidity of the body portion may be increased by the insertion of an extra strip of wire between the plies of wires at the central or body portion.

Having thus described, in a general way, the nature and purpose of this invention, I will proceed, for illustrative purposes, to a detailed description of several forms of hangers in accordance with my invention, in which:

Figure I is a face View of one form of hanger;

Figure 2 is a face view of a portion of a hanger, having an extra strip of wire between the plies of the arm forming portions;

Figure 3 is a face view of another form of hanger; and

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

In each of the forms shown, the reference character A designates the central head or body portion, B the garment supporting arms extending from opposite sides thereof, and C the hook or portion by which the hanger is hung from a suitable support.

In the form shown in Figure 1, the ends of a strip of wire of the proper length, width and thickness to form a hanger having the proper length of garment supporting arms are joined by dipping in solder to connect the ends to each other as shown at H), thus forming a loop extending from the soldered ends of the two portions of wire, which are bent to form the hook and secured to each other by a clip 52, the central portion of the loop is then brought into the space between the two plies of wire below the clip E2 to form the arms B, B and the two plies of each portion of wire on each side of the center of the hanger are secured to each other by clips It forming a space of substantially triangular form bounded by two curved portions each extending from clip I2 to one of the clips M, the other curved portion extending from one clip M to the adjacent clip It. By assembling and clipping the members to each other, all portions of the wire from which the arms B, B and the head or body A are formed are in the same vertical plane.

In Figure 2, I have merely shown the central portion of the hanger, portions of the arms B being omitted, and in which the ends of the wire are forced into a thin metal cap it to secure the ends of the wire to each other'and to form a finished end to the hook.

Interposed between the portions of the wire extending from the clips 14 to the clip 92, as well as the portion of the wire extending from one clip M to the other clip [4 and between the two plies of wire in clips I4, is strip of wire it arranged for increasing the rigidity of the central portion of the hanger for heavier or larger garments. In some cases it may be desirable to space the clips M a greater distance from each other in order to'reduce the flexibility of the arms.

In Figure 3, I have shown another form of hanger, also formed of a single piece of wire, in which the central portion of the length of wire is bent upon itself at the end of the hook as at 26 and the two portions of wires are clipped to each other at the base of the hook C, by a clip l2, each end of the wire then extends outwardly and then inwardly to form the arms B, and both wires extend into both clips I4, so as to provide three plies of wire in each clip [4 with two plies of wire extending from one clip [4 to the other clip Hi.

It will be apparent that the rigidity of the central portion and the space between the portions of arms in which the two plies of wire are secured to each other, may vary in accordance with the size of the hanger and the weight to be supported by the hanger.

The term wire, as used in the specification and in the claims, is intended to cover strips of metal, plastic or any material having the required flexibility and strength for forming a hanger.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger having a body, a supporting member extending upwardly therefrom and a flexible garment supporting arm extending laterally from opposite sides of the body, the body being formed of two portions of wire extending from the junction of the supporting member and the body, each portion extending downwardly and laterally in opposite directions to the junction of an arm and the body forming two sides of the body, a third body forming portion of wire extending from the junction of one arm to the body to the junction of the other arm to the body, each arm being formed of a continuous strip of wire of greater width than thickness extending outward from the junction to the body, then bowed upon itself and then extending backwardly to the junction to the body in the same vertical plane with the broad faces of the wire throughout the arms extending transversely to the plane of the arms, and means for securing the portions of the wires forming the body to the supporting member and the arms at the three junctions.

2. A garment hanger having a body, a supporting member extending upwardly therefrom, a garment supporting arm extending laterally from each side of the body, the body being formed of three portions of wire of greater width than thickness forming a substantially triangular body, means for securing two of the portions of wire to each other at one corner of the body to form the supporting member, each of said portions of wire extending from said corner to one of the other corners of the body forming two sides thereof, the third side of the body being formed of a portion of wire extending from one of the last mentioned corners to the other, a resilient garment supporting arm extending from each of the last two mentioned corners, each arm having two portions of wire extending outwardly from the corner connected by a curved portion forming a loop, and means for connecting the body forming portions and flexible arm forming portions to each other at each of the two last mentioned corners, the broad faces of all of the portions of wire in the body and arms extending transversely so that the width of the supporting arms is equal to the width of the wire.

3. A garment hanger having a body, a supporting member extending upwardly therefrom, a garment supporting arm extending laterally from each side of the body, the body being formed of three portions of wire of greater width than thickness forming a substantially triangular body, a clip for securing two of the portions of wire to each other at one corner of the body to form the supporting member, each of said portions of wire extending from said corner to one 5 of the other corners of the body forming two sides thereof, the third side of the body being formed of two portions of wire extending from one of the last mentioned corners to the other,

a resilient garment supporting arm extending from each of the last two mentioned corners, each arm having two portions of wire extending outwardly from the corner connected by a curved portion forming a loop, and a clip for connecting the body forming portions and flexible arm forming portions to each other at each of the two last mentioned corners, the broad faces of all g of the portions of wire in the body and arms extending transversely so that the width of the supporting arms is equal to the width of the wire.

4. A garment hanger having a body, a supporting member extending upwardly therefrom and secured thereto and a flexible garment supporting arm in the form of a loop extending from each side of the body, the ends of each loop 5 being connected to the body, each loop being formed of a continuous strip of Wire of greater width than thickness, the edges of both legs of the loop being in a plane substantially parallel with the supporting member while the broad faces thereof extend transversely to the plane of the supporting member.

LESTER B. MEYERHOFF.

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